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Mnemonic Devices for the Periodic Table

 

Mnemonic Device: The Periodic Table of Elements (contributors include Bob Gayhart and Dean Campbell)

Group 1A (H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr)

  • Highly Nasty Kids Rub Cats Fur
  • Hans liebt Natuerliche Kaese reibt (ueber) (c)zentralsued Frankreich. (mnemonic in German)

 

Group 2A (Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra)

  • Bearded Muggers Came Straight Back Rapidly.
  • Beer Mugs Can Serve Bar Rats.

 

Group 3 (B, Al, Ga, In, Tl)

  • Big Al Garner’s In Trouble.
  • Big Al Gave In Tulsa.
  • Big Al Gave Incomplete Totals.
  • Big Al Gave Innocent Toys.
  • Bob Allen Gave Indians Tennis Lessons.
  • Bears Always Give Indians Trouble.

 

Group 4A (C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb)

  • Can Silly Germans Snatch Lead?
  • Conniving Sisters Get Snotty Playboys.
  • Can Si Get Snockered at the Pub?

 

Group 5 (N, P, As, Sb, Bi)

  • New Popes Assign Subordinate Bishops.
  • Never Put Arsenic in SilverBullet Beer.

 

Group 6A (O, S, Se, Te, Po)

  • Oil is Slicker with STP.
  • Old Soldiers Seem Terribly Polluted.
  • Oversized Sailors Sell and Tell about Polo cologne.
  • Oh, She Sells The Poles.

 

Group 7A (F, Cl, Br, I, At)

  • Frank Cleverly Brought Indian Attire.
  • Fairy Clowns Broil Innocent Ants.
  • Fat Clyde Bribed Innocent Arthur.
  • “Floor Cleaner Broken?” I Asked.

 

Group 8A (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn)

  • He Never Arrived; Karen eXited with Ron.
  • He Needs OUR Crazy Xerox RepairmaN.

 

First Row Transition Metals (Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn)

  • ST. Vincent Cried, “Mommy!” Feeling Cold Next to Cold Zombies.
  • Scott Tips Very Counterfeit Money, Feels Cold Near Cubic Zircons.
  • Scary Tiny Vicious Creatures Mean Females Come Nightly to Club Z.
  • Scotty Vickerman Fee Cony Cousin.
  • Scott Tickled Vanna’s Cranium, Manager Fred Could Not Cut In.

 

Second Row Transition Metals (Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd)

  • Yes, Sir Nob. Most Technicians Rub Rod’s Pale Silver Cadillac.

 

Third Row Transition Metals (La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg)

  • Larry’s Half Taken, Wendy Reached Out Her Plate Audibly, Helga.

 

Lanthanides (Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu)

  • Caesar Procrastinated at the Nile, Permitting So Many Europeans (who were) Getting Turbid (and) Dying (of) Home Urges [Erges] To Yell “Lutetium!”
  • Cecil Proudly Named Pam, Sam, (and) Eugene. Good Tobin Dyes Hosiery Early Tomorrow Yellow-bLUe.

 

Actinides (Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu, Am, Cm, Bk, Cf, Es, Fm, Md, No, Lr)

  • Three Planets: Uranus, Neptune, (and) Pluto. Amy Cured Berkeley, California. Einstein (and) Fermi Made Noble Laws.

 

More Mnemonics for Periodic table

More interesting mnemonics:

  • LIttle BEtty Boron Could Not Often Find Neon
  • Sing the names of the elements to the tune of “London Bridge is Falling Down.”
  • How He Lies Because Boys Can Not Open Flowers
  • Hello! Here lies Berylie Bill, caught napping on Friday night.
  • The first 20 elements of the periodic table
  • Harry He Likes Beer But CanNot Obtain Food
  • Song: Periodic Table of Elements
  • Mnemonic Video Device for the Periodic Table
  • Harold, He Lies Below But Can Not Open Fire, Nenamgal Sipsclar (NeNaMgAl SiPSClAr). Kings Can Scan Till fiVe Cruel Men Feel Cold Nights. CouZins Gave German Assassins Several British Kremlin Robbers.
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